In an academic career that began in Ireland, and has taken him to the United States and the universities of Cardiff, Otago and Sussex, Gordon Harold’s most recent appointment is with the Faculty of Education, as Cambridge’s first Professor of the Psychology of Education and Mental Health. Gordon's research examines factors that positively or negatively affect young people’s mental health and development from birth to age 18+ years. It’s asking the question: how do we promote a well-functioning young person who is positioned to do well in life? To do that, it addresses the connections between domestic adversity — conflict between parents, for example, the interplay with biological susceptibility factors (e.g. genetics) — disorders such as anxiety, depression, conduct problems, neurodevelopmental problems and other long-term developmental outcomes such as attainment at school. These problems and the factors that affect them need to be identified early and supported in the right way if we want to prevent them from causing life-long, debilitating conditions. That means directing the right professionals to the right targets, which in turn means understanding which targets to aim for, and how we implement effective interventions, and prevention frameworks. It’s an exciting field that requires considerable flexibility, because the scientific knowledge base changes constantly.
Publications from Elements
2022
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000839
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000906
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.2594
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/mbe.12332
2021
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291719003593
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30481-8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-021-10061-z
2020
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101123
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-020-10006-y
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-020-00339-7
2019
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579419000890
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000710
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0308575919866526
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2018.227
2018
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12893
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0746-8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.03.016
2017
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12742
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579417001341
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2016.10.013
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.3140
2016
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(15)00358-2
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2016.03.049
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/abn0000080
2015
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131885
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136367
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.02.015
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12345
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2015.04.018
2014
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12077
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12111
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-013-9632-8
Doi: http://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp14X676438
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12133
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12133
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2014.08.014
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jne.12182
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12294
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.205.6.498a
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-014-0169-z
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S095457941400114X
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0035470
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-013-0460-4
2013
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.154
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-013-9711-6
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2013.08.001
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0031190
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.127
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.12m08152
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0028800
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003206
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.111.104984
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12100
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2013.788886
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.133
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0029390
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/thg.2012.115
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01859.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12070
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412000880
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-012-0317-y
2012
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-011-9482-1
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2012.00250.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.002
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0029164
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2012.02594.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579412000703
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/1067828X.2012.700853
2011
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01594.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-011-0224-y
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2011.01.015
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0022886
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291710001753
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01639.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0956797611419303
2010
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/1745691610383506
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2010.01.032
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/ab.20363
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291709005911
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.109.066274
2009
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1097/CHI.0b013e3181b8bfc0
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.036
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.05.032
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.09.004
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0165025409338444
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02107.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0808798106
2008
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-007-9254-7
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/0272431608317610
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-007-9177-5
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/a0013515
2007
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.64.3.378-b
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-006-9124-1
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.09.015
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1375/twin.10.1.13
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00400.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.01824.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01793.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/0033-2909.133.1.149
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579407000491
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-7-25
2006 (Published online)
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-9507.2006.00338.x
2006
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2006.00338.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-006-0545-4
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/1359104506059131
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1097/01.chi.0000219834.08602.44
2005
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10519-005-5432-0
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1375/1832427054936817
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2005.04.001
2004
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2004.00272.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.2004.00308.x
2003
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-003-1499-0
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00182
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.160.11.1985
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00181
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00600
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.39.6.1083
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.17.3.327
2002
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00231
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/1469-7610.00004
Doi: 10.1111/1540-5834.00210
Doi: 10.1111/1540-5834.00211
Doi: 10.1111/1540-5834.00207
Doi: 10.1111/1540-5834.00209
Doi: 10.1111/1540-5834.00206
Doi: 10.1111/1540-5834.00208
2000
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037//0893-3200.14.2.267
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00761.x
1998
1997
Doi: 10.2307/1131853
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb01943.x
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.33.2.333
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9280.1997.tb00424.x
2018
Doi: http://doi.org/10.4324/9780429475597-3
2015
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781118381953.ch28
2012
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/9781118269923.ch11
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0415-6_9
2016
Doi: http://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579416000171